Attitudes toward Infection Prophylaxis in Pediatric Oncology: A Qualitative Approach

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Diorio, Caroline ^a   Tomlinson, Deborah ^a   Boydell, Katherine M ^a   Regier, Dean A ^b   Ethier, Marie Chantal ^a,c   Alli, Amanda ^a   Alexander, Sarah ^a   Gassas, Adam ^a   Taylor, Jonathan ^a   Kellow, Charis ^a   Mills, Denise ^a   Sung, Lillian ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CHILD; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTERVIEW; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; ONCOLOGY; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PILOT STUDY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SOLID TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; MYCOSES; NEOPLASMS; PARENTS;

EID: 84868109872     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0047815     Document Type: Article

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